Diddy and Rozay weren’t the only team players on deck Saturday night. Red Cafe, Loso, and Joey Crack were also on hand to rep for the Dream Team at the House of Blues at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City. Sweet dream or a beautiful nightmare? nigel d
If you missed the BluRoc Festival at the Brooklyn Bowl a few weeks ago, Dame Dash’s DD172 rounded up the recordings from the event for this mixtape. Download here. Tracklist after the jump. nr
Here’s footage from Cole and Chipmunk’s freestyle this past weekend on DJ Semtex‘s show. Take a listen, these verses don’t come cheap!
[vodpod id=Video.3965801&w=425&h=350&fv=] Hey whaddayaknow, Derek G was in the studio the night this was taken. And just when the hodgepodge couldn’t get any stranger, Waka Flocka was in the house too. Welcome to the surreal life.
Saturday Tha Doggfather brought his long list of hits to the main stage at the Wireless Festival in London. Here’s a front row view of Snoop running through “Beautiful”. Below, “I Wanna Love You” and “Drop It Like It’s Hot”.
Cudi’s homie is showing his patriotism, (albeit a day late) with his latest mixtape, Independence Day. Download here. Tracklist below.
[vodpod id=Video.3965121&w=425&h=350&fv=] Yesterday, the Queen brought out the Kang as her surprise guest for their duet during the Essence Music Festival. Now that’s showin’ the crowd love. exclusive access
Confused is what comes to mind when clicking play and now that Nicki is added into the mix, it’s even more bewildering. ///Y/ (Maya) drops July 13th. Hopefully we can figure this one out by then. uhtn
Mr. Folarin also jetted across the pond for his performance at Hyde Park in London yesterday and Jermaine joins him on the Pepsi Max stage for their Attention Deficit collab. Down below, Wale once again recites, “Black & Gold”. UK he’s outchea.
Kanye wrapped up the video of his first single this past weekend in NY. While we wait for actual photo stills from the video, here are two flicks from the set as Mr. West chows down. There’s a nice model booty snap too. You can kiss her whole ass. amajanese
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This is a great reminder of how powerful and lasting Lauryn Hill’s influence has been in music. The fact that The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill eventually reached diamond status after so many years shows that truly meaningful music can continue finding new listeners long after its original release. I also like how the article highlights the combination of hip hop, R&B, neo soul, and reggae that made the album so distinctive. Achieving more than 10 million sales is an incredible milestone, especially considering how much the music industry has changed since 1998. The album’s success feels less like a temporary trend and more like proof that strong songwriting and authentic artistic expression can remain relevant across generations. It is interesting to see how numbers can tell part of a story, whether we are looking at album sales or using a proportion calculator to understand relationships between different figures.